Internships and Jobs in  Community
and Regional Planning

Planning addresses opportunities and problems facing our communities and regions. Planners seek to improve the welfare of people and their environments, ranging from small villages and rural areas to large cities and ecosystems. Essentially, planning concentrates on shaping such environments in response to the needs of their citizens.

Planners engage citizens, political leaders, public agency officials, and representatives of industry, commerce, and non-profit organizations in this shaping process through the application of numerous skills and tools. These range from preparing comprehensive plans and ordinances to negotiating solutions among diverse stakeholders to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities.

Planners are on the front lines of creating and maintaining sustainable communities at the local and regional level.

Common Planning Practice Areas

  • Economic Development Planning

  • Emergency Preparedness Planning

  • Environmental Planning

  • Housing, Social, and Community Development

  • Land Use Planning

  • Negotiation and Mediation

  • Transportation Planning

Career Fields with a Degree in Community and Regional Planning

  • Advocacy/Public Education

  • Economic Development

  • Environmental Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

  • Environmental Policy and Planning

  • Geographic Information Systems

  • Historic Preservation and Law

  • International Development

  • Neighborhood/Community Development

  • Non-profit Management

  • Public Administration

  • Public Policy

  • Real Estate

  • Suburban/Urban Planning and Design

Internship Opportunities

Students gain experience on the front lines of the planning field through a required internship program. Below are some examples of local and regional agencies and businesses to which Temple students have direct access to internship opportunities. Students have also found success with non-profit programs advocating planning. Additionally, many Community and Regional Planning students have found their own internships at corporate firms:

Bucks County Planning Commission

Delaware River Basin Commission

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Heritage Conservancy

Kise Straw & Kolodner

Montgomery County Planning Commission

Philadelphia City Planning Commission

Philadelphia Housing Authority

Thomas Comitta Associates, Inc.

Community and Regional Planning
Job and Internship Resources

The Jobs and Internship Resources Web site was designed primarily for students in the Community and Regional Planning Department who are looking for jobs and internships in planning, with a primary emphasis on the Philadelphia Metro region.

This list is not complete, so please submit suggested sites or corrections. Some of these links point to private organizations and companies, but this does not constitute an official endorsement by Temple University, which is not responsible for the content of those sites. This resource list is for informational purposes only.